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An ORH staff member visited Ukraine with Sam Slobodian of Baptist International Evangelistic Ministries. ORH will be helping this ministry in their efforts to give the gospel and house refugees.
While with Brother Slobodian, ORH staff met Pastor Skripnic. He related the following personal story to all present.
Pastor Skripnic knew he needed a building because the ministry demanded it. He never thought about having such a good building for his church start.
BIEM believing in this young pastor wanted provide funding for his church plant. As they sought the Lord for a building in the community, Pastor Skripnic became aware that property was very expensive. Continuing to pray and look, a house was brought to their attention owned by a man leaving the community and willing to sell at a reduced price. In fact, he accepted an offer which was much lower than the local prices.
The house needed to be finished on the inside, and Pastor Skripnic was willing to work, so the purchase was made providing a wonderful new church building and living quarters for his family. At the time of purchase, Pastor Skripnic never realized that it would also make a refugee center capable of housing large groups of people.
However, even this building, could not hold all the refugees who came to his door fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In order to house all those in need of lodging and meals, he and his wife, during a two-week period, had to sleep in their car every night to provide for the 50 refugees that were staying at his church.
Ironically, the KGB connected man never dreamed the house, built for him originally, would eventually house people in opposition to his country's invasion and be a church spreading the Gospel.
GOD DOES ALL THINGS WELL!
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